A selection of films, artefacts and documents from the NFSA collection showcase the life of Britain’s longest reigning monarch.

This newsreel item from 1953 shows the activities of schoolchildren in Australia

This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Westminster Abbey in a horse-drawn carriage for her coronation on 2 June 1

Invitation for Melbourne-born Tenor William Herbert to attend, as a member of the choir, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Daybill poster for Australian release of the film Elizabeth is Queen (British Pathe, 1953), documenting the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.

This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Westminster Abbey in a horse-drawn carriage.